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Published: 2016-03-21 11:41:20 +0000 UTC; Views: 4012; Favourites: 41; Downloads: 9
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This is a big day for me. Not only do I now have a Kiridashi Carpenter's knife of my own, but I managed to make my first real PATTERN WELD! Its a "Ladder pttern" that almost turned out the way I wanted! I'm anyways SUPER happy that it all kept togeather and welded nice and clean. Only handheld hammer used.The steel in the edge is an old file and it turned out wickedly sharp! Tried doing some detailed carvings with it and it cuts like a dream.
I will make a saya for it, to keep it in and give a more comfy handle. It works wonderfully as it is, but I have a nice piece of mahogany just laying around ;3
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Traditionaly, there's ofthen no handle on a kiridashi c: The knife is thick enough to hold and use as it is. But I'm working on a simple saya for it^^
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oops i ment scabbard XDΒ
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Handle and scabbard will be one and the same with this one so that's ok^^
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Well done. Looks quite minimalistic.
Everything that's not visibly sharp is dull enough to hold, right?
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It is. It's actually quite comfu and has a nice solid weight to it c:
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I imagine. How difficult was it to craft one?
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It took more steel than I thought. This knife is perhaps just a fifth of the initial weight of the material. But I also need to learn how to "watch the slagg" so I don't "burn" away too much material in the process. It's hard, I won't lie ^^'
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I can imagine. Must have been quite a piece of work. You must be proud of it.
Where did the rest of the material go?
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It gets burnt up, slagged and melted. It unavoidable. Forgewelding is a material-taxing process^^'
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Who would have thought. Is this getting expensive for your pocket? I don't know prices for materials, but losing it can't be good.
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So far, it's all recycled steel ^^'
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Oh, that sounds good. Glad to hear blacksmiths are adding to the green pool of the world.
Good luck with the rest of your projects. Hope they'll turn out as good as the knife.
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Maybe a li'll bit more than a simple shank ;3
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That is a thing of pure beauty. I cannot wait to see how it finishes up!
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Thanks Hayley!!^^ I'm working on it right now. Had to make a couple of extra tools but it's shaping up c:
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There is only one way I can express my reaction: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WAOxKβ¦
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Uuuuhhhhh.... dat guy...Β
But thanks x3
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That was Michael Rosen, a guy who's videos are often used in YouTube Poops: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gonD-β¦
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Congrats, you now have shown to the world that the Swedish are excellent blacksmiths as well. And it does look so beautiful, it actually would be cool to have this pattern commonly used. Not to mention that it goes well with mahogany, since you already mention it.
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We'll see how it turns out ;3 Have some nice silver plate too....
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